Urbanixm aims at improving the access to information about urban interventions and their impact by collecting and structuring urbanism knowledge from around the globe and making it accessible through a special purpose search engine.
We simplify the search for information about the measured impact of urban interventions and reduce the cost and effort involved in urbanism desk research.
We aid an evidence based dialogue about urbanism, guiding cities, businesses and citizens toward reaching the desired outcomes on environmental and social sustainability.
Products & Services
Explorer
A software-as-a-service search engine for accessing up-to-date information on a wide range of urban topics.
We provide effective query refinement over our urbanism knowledge-base, providing tailored information views to meet user needs.
Stories
A series of interactive overviews of a selection of urban topics, interventions and their impact.
The stories gibe a sneak-preview into the contents of our urbanism knowledge-base.
Consultancy
Literature and data research where we summarize the state-of-the art of any urban topic and carry out spatial data processing on various urban datasets.
We deliver interactive and static reports as well as engaging in in-depth discussions with our clients.
Team
Börkur Sigurbjörnsson
Founder
Information scientist with competence in software development, search engines, data mining and natural language processing.
20+ years of experience working in startups, academia, commercial research organizations and innovation accelerators.
7+ years working on urban information systems for urban planning and real estate.
Advisors and collaborators
We have assembled a strong international team of advisors and collaborators.
They come from the public and private sector with experience in shaping cities around the globe.
They bring in expertise in urban planning, transport engineering, economics, service design, and more.
Urbanixm has received support from the Icelandic Technology Development Fund
